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Why Are Deer Being Smuggled into Texas?
The sight of deer munching in suburban gardens is a common one across America, particularly in places like Texas' hill country, where at holiday time the ubiquitous roadside deer-warning signs are decorated with round red stickers by an anonymous artist in an homage to Rudolph, the most famous deer of all. So plentiful are the white-tailed deer in Texas that the notion of smuggling deer into the state seems absurd - yet this growing and lucrative illegal trade, with its threat of devastating disease, is challenging federal and state wildlife officers across the country.
Nations:U.S. Source:(Time)
2009-01-08
NY judge: Religion aside, monkey meat needs permit
NEW YORK - A federal judge in Brooklyn has rejected a Liberian woman's religious reasons for smuggling endangered monkey meat into the country.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-01-03
Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to US
IRVINE, Calif. - Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door. They watched through their window as the child rinsed plates under the open faucet. She wasn't much taller than the counter and the soapy water swallowed her slender arms.
Nations:Egypt U.S. Germany Netherlands Source:(AP)
2008-12-28
Authorities bust US-Mexican drug smuggling gang
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Authorities in Arizona declared victory on Tuesday against a sophisticated US-Mexican smuggling ring believed to have smuggled more than 900 tonnes of marijuana into the United States.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Source:(AFP)
2008-12-23
Rockers Placebo play anti-slavery gig at Cambodia's Angkor Wat
SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AFP) - Had there been a roof, Placebo would have raised it as they headlined the first rock concert in history at Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple.
Nations:Cambodia People:Britney Spears Source:(AFP)
2008-12-09
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Human Trafficking
